Which WSOP event would you play?

Seniors. Softer field. Slower structure. More opportunities for people to make mistakes.

If you feel like you are not winning in these events, maybe go with the PLO for the luck factor.

Objectively, seniors should be the better value.

Senior event for sure. More Basic ABC play and if you aren't really practiced in PLO you can make huge errors in implied odds very easily. Omaha by its very nature always gives you a shot preflop but post flop play is a lot more technically complicated than straight NLH.

Senior events tables are also typically friendlier so the pure experience should be more enjoyable.

Good luck

Friendlier? You and I have been playing in entirely different seniors tournaments.

IMO one of the lottery type events at $500 or less would give you the best chance of cashing. Lots of less than stellar players in those.

Thanks for the responses. I enjoy PLO way more and play a lot of free online which I know is a donkfest but it at least keeps me somewhat practiced when it comes to implied odds. And also how the flop changes everything and the value of seeing a turn card, which can change a hand quickly.

So how would a fairly tight/patient PLO player fare in a tournament? I’ve never played a PLO tourney. The low limit PLO cash games during WSOP were really great back in the 2000s and how I paid for my trips. Some of the Euro/Scandi players were wild.

While you may not be new to PLO, the $1k is probably not what you want for your first tournament in that game. If you're wanting to get your feet wet in the PLO tourney world, probably better to seek out some of the lower buy-in events at other venues.

As other have mentioned, there are some pretty accurate stereotypes in a seniors event that can give a moderately good player an edge. Plus it typically has one of the best structures, especially at the $1k price point.

The senior sharks typically self-identify themselves, so they aren't hard to find and are less prevalent than an open event, so you can often avoid them when necessary.

I'll go with the prevailing sentiment, play the Seniors. My experience is that it's a lot of old people who just want to sit around and play cards. While some quite good players, it's much more social than the open events I've played.

For good players, it's got value. For recs, it's not overwhelming.

Maybe I've just been unlucky. I've only played two, that was enough for me. One was full of rocks, and I never got a big enough starting hand to go up against them. The other one had guys with open oozing sores. Luckily I was wearing a jacket, but I don't usually.

I did play a Senior Daily Deepstack, that one had mostly normal people. The vast majority looked under 60.

Thanks for the guidance. I think stepping right off the plane and getting right into the PLO within a few hours of landing would be kind of stressful anyway. If I just play the Seniors, I can take the first day off the plane to register for the second day of the tourney and get some PLO cash in on the first day too. Get my bearings and my east coast time clock adjusted.

Still alive at dinner break. ~50k so not doing that well but not in terrible shape either. Blinds are 600-1200 with 1200 ante when we return.

Missed a river bluff but playing decent otherwise. Haven’t been in many tough spots yet.

Meh, card dead and played badly after dinner. Micro stack to second day. Lose first hand.

I’ve been waking up before 5:00am eastern for decades. I’m just a zombie after dinner in these WSOP tourneys. I should just stick to cash.

Also, PLO bump pots (two boards) are pretty fun. New to me.